2026:JHHC:12059 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 1929 of 2026 ---- Jitendra Kumar, aged about 30 years, son of Hiraman Saw, resident of Village Beltu, PO and PS Hazaribag, Dist.Hazaribagh .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. A.K. Chaturvedi, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Bishwambhar Shastri, Advocate ---- 2/23.04.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Simariya PS Case No.126 of 2022, for offence registered under section 379, 414, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(II) of Coal Mines Act, pending in court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of Hywa truck on which the coal was being carried. He next submits that false allegations are made against the petitioner of escorting the said vehicle. He also submits that the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA Nos.2094 of 2023, 2082 of 2023 and ABA No.7246 of 2025 and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.15 of the petition. 2026:JHHC:12059 2 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of escorting the said Hywa truck. 5. Considering that the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid and it has been pointed out that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of Hywa truck on which the coal was being carried and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, and in that view of the matter, the petitioner, above named, is, hereby, directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and learned court shall release the petitioner, above named, on such terms and conditions as well as sureties as the learned court may deem fit and proper. 6. A.B.A. No.1929 of 2026 is disposed of. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 23.04.2026 SI/